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When City of Lake Elmo - Government Parks Director Sandy Breuer learned the 19-year-old Lake Elmo Park Reserve playground needed to be replaced, she reached out... to Kids Around the World a faith-based Illinois nonprofit founded in 1994. She learned about the organization at a national conference and knew she wanted the park reserve to get involved in its work.

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Those who frequent the modern campground at the Lake Elmo Park Reserve may have noticed something missing: the playground.

“Every contest is different, so you never know what you’re going to get from the wave,” 36-year-old Lake Elmo resident Dan Van Amptig said.

In wake surfing, a r...ider trails behind a specialized boat and rides the boat’s wake without holding a rope.

Van Amptig surfed in the 24th Annual Centurion Boats World Wake Surfing Championship in early September in Ogden Valley, Utah, where the world’s top eight riders in a number of divisions competed. He surfed in the men’s amateur surf division, which he said came with a set of challenges.

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Dan Van Amptig started wake surfing on Minnesota waters three years ago. Earlier this month, he competed in a worldwide competition for the sport, taking home new friendships and a fifth-place finish.
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